International Directory of Business Biographies


William Ford Biography

Chairman, chief executive officer, and president, Ford Motor Company

Nationality: American.

Born: May 3, 1957, in Dearborn, Michigan.

Education: Princeton University, BA, 1979; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1984.

Family: Son of William Clayton Ford Sr. (Ford Motor Company executive) and Martha Firestone Ford; married Lisa Vanderzee; children: four.

Career: Ford Motor Company, 1979–1982, production planning analyst and manager of New York division; 1982–1983, analyst for North American auto operations;...

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